Container



Jan. 21, 1930. s, BENNETT 1,744,712

CONTAINER Filed Dec. 1, 1925 Patented Jan. 21, 1930 STEVENS A. BENNETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOI S, A SSIGNOR TO WILSON & BENNETT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION I CONTAINER Application filed December While the device which forms the subject matter of this application may be used for various purposes, it is particularly adapted for use as a pail for liquid paint or other compounds having volatile ingredients. These pails or containers are usually made in a pail factory and shipped to the paint manufacturer who fills them with paint and then fastens the covers in position, ready for shipping. The covers must be substantially air-tight so that the pails will be hermet1- cally sealed. When such pails are made in larger sizes, as for instance, for holding five gallons, it has been found difficult to properly construct the pail and cover so that they may be cheaply made and also so as to provide a tight closure, making the receptacle adaptable for shipping purposes. In accordance with the present invention, I provide an improved pail having a novel cover or closure which may be readily applied and readily detached and which will make a particularly tight and substantial closure.

Other objects of this invention are to pro 5 vide a pail having a peculiarly shaped false wire, rim, or head at the top which coacts with the cover holding members; to provide a cover having novel bendable lugs or fasteners for holding the same in position; to

provide a pail having a projection adjacent to the top which serves to protect 'the cover, and having a reduced lower portion whereby the pails may be nested; and to provide such other advantages and novel features as will be described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating this invention;

Figure 1 is a plan view;

Figure 2 is a side view;

Figure 3 is a sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4--4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2 and showing a slight modification; and

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 4 showin a cover provided with a gasket.

y improved pail 7, as shown in these drawings, is preferably reduced at the bot- 1, 1925. Serial tom as indic ated at 8 by the dotted lines in Figure 4 so that the bottom of one pail may fit in the top of another pail. It is also provided adjacent to the top with an annular projection or bead 9,

which preferably ex.

tends outwardly beyond the cover, or is of greater diameter protect the than the cover in order to cover from commg 1n contact with other pails when they are stacked in a car for shipping, or when the pails are being handled and there is liability of the covers being struck or coming into contact with other objects.

The top of the pail has an outwardly projecting false wire or bead 10 which preferably extends around a little less than a complete The circle.

inner edge 11 is spaced a short distance from the adjacent wall or surface cf the can and the lower portion of the bead is at approximately right angles to the wall.

The cover 12 fits closely in the top of the pail or container and has a substantially U-shaped flange 13 which fits over the bead 10. This flange has a plurality of locking or fastening tabs or tongues 14 which normally project straight down as shown in Figure 3. These tabs have sl openings for ots or holes .15 which serve as receiving a tool, such as a screw drlver for removing the cover from the pail. They also serve to weaken the tabs or reduce their bending moment so that the tabs may be more easily bent to closing position by the closing machine.

hen a cover is to be fastened in position, it is put on the can and then the tabs are bent inwardly and upwardly by means of a suitable machine to a position substantially as shown in Figure 4. It will be noted that when the tabs are thus bent, the adjacent portion 16 of the head 10 will also be forced inwardly and upwardly, so that the edge comes in contact with the outer surface of the can. At the same time, the intermediate portions 1.7 proximately of the bead will remain in ap-- their original positions so that the bead will be given a waved or corrugated effect as indicated in Figure 2. On account of this pinching of the bead at intermediate points around the pail, the top of the pail will be grea tly stiflened and on account of the somewhat acute angles at which. the tabs are bent under the bead and against the pail,

the slot- 15 and the weakening of the metal at this point permits the sharp head to be made more easily.

When the container is to be used for liquids, a gasket 18 is preferably placed between the cover and bead as shown in Figure 6 and the closing action will serve to draw the adjacent parts tightly against the gasket.

The cover may be removed by means of a screw driver or other suitable tool which has a point which may be inserted in the holes 15 for bending the tabs or lugs 1-4 outwardly to free them from the head. In some instances the lower portion of the tab is bent outwardly or provided with a groove 19 as shown in Figure 5 so that a tool may be more regdily inserted underneath the end of the ta It will further be noted that my improved pail serves as a convenient receptacle for holding paint after the top has once been removed. While it is not intended to again bend the lugs in to lock the cover, the cover will fit sufficiently tight for keeping the paint under ordinary conditions.

It will of course be apparent that my improved'container may be made in different sizes and the number of tabs may be varied for difierent purposes and any suitable metal may be utilized for constructing the same in accordance with my invention, and therefore I do not wish to limit myself to the exact arrangement herein shown and described, except as specified in the following claims, in which I claim:

1. The combination with a container having an open head around the top, of a cover fitting over said bead and having projecting tabs which are bent inwardly and upwardly together with portionsof the head for locking the cover in position, said tabs and adjacent portions .of the bead being pressed together and against the container whereby the cover will be clinched in fastened position.

2. The combination with a pail having a' false wire around the top, of acover fitting over said false wire and having a plurality of tabs which are adapted to be bent inwardly 'tions of the bead also being squeezed or colspaced from the wall of the pail, of a cover havin a'flange fitting oversaid bead and provi ed with tabs with longitudinal slots therein of sufficient length to receive the end of a screw driver or the like and to substantially weaken the tab, said tabs and the adj acent portions of the bead being bentin wardly to fasten the cover, one hne of such bending being in alignment with the slots in the tabs. v

5. A pail comprising a body portion with a hollow bead around the top, a cover enga ing with said bead and having fastening ta s which are bent against the side of the pail and are bent together with the adjacent portions of the bead inwardly and upwardly whereby the bead is vertically corrugated around its lower portion.

6. A container having a false wire around the periphery thereof, and a cover having an annular flange fitting closely against the outer portion of the false wire and having a plurality of projecting tabs arranged in spaced relation around the cover, said tabs being bent against the adjacent wall of the container and also being bent or crimped together with adjacent portions of the false wire so that the false wire is collapsed or sqeezed together at intervals around the periphery of the container while the intermediate portions of the false wire remain approximately in their original condition.

STEVENS A. BENNETT.

with adjacent portions of the false wire against the pail whereby all of said parts will be pressed closely together.

3. Thecombination with a pail having an outwardly projecting bead, of a cover adapt- .ed to fit in the top of the pail and having a flange fitting over the bead and provided .with downwardly rojecting tabs with slots therein, said tabs eing bent inwardly and upwardly against the bead and pail for holding the cover in-position, the adjacent por 

